Gape-worm extractor.



. PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907. J. s. KLOGK.

GAPE WORM EXTRAGTOR.

APPLIGATIDN FILED APB. 24,1906.

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JosEPH's. KLOCK, or URBAN, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAPE-WORIVI ExreAoToR;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907i Application filed -pr. 24,1906. Serial No. 313,450.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. KLocK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Urchea of minute worms, together with clots of blood and mucus, which when not removed results disastrously to the fowl. Heretofore its removal has been attended but with indifferent success. There are various devices being utilizedsuch as looped horsehairs, bulged coils, &c.but none of them have been efficient, because they do not thoroughly scrape the walls of the trachea and collect the objectionable matters into a compact mass, so that it can be taken out or be withdrawn expeditiously and without injury to the fowl.

This invention consists of a wire coiled for a considerable length, said coil being of uniform diameter and of desired flexibility and terminating in a tipped finger which serves to guide the coil into the passage and at the same time prevent perforation of the walls of .the passage. The coils are formed in different sizes to fit trachea of fowls of different ages and are adapted to be inserted tip first into the trachea and screwed thereinto until it has entered the proper distance. This movement of the device will not in the least change the position of the accummulations within the trachea, as the coiled wire will thread its Way around and among the worms and other objectionable matter in such a manner as not to push or work them down the trachea, and therefore farther away, so as to render them more difficult to withdraw. After the coil has been entered the required distance the speed of its rotation is increased and will therefore cause the accumulations to form in a compact mass or bunch which Will be moved upward by the coiled wire toward the upper end of the coil. The device is of course preferably kept rotating while being Withdrawn from the trachea, although it will perform its duty without rotating dur ing its withdrawal. By removing the accumulations in this manner all portions of the wall of the trachea will be thoroughly cleaned and the fowl permanently relieved.

The invention also consists of certain other novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawing the complete device is illustrated in elevation.

Referring to the figure by characters of reference, 1 is a stem in the form of a wire of desired strength, and extending from one end of this stem is a coiled wire 2, said coil being of uniform diameter throughout its length and terminating in a finger 3, having a rounded tip at the end thereof. These coils are adapted to be of different lengths and diameters for use in fowls of different ages and are proportioned to fit snugly within the trachea, so that all portions of the surface of the trachea will be scraped thereby after the device has once been inserted through the full length thereof and rotated. The tipped finger prevents perforation of the walls and membrane, and therefore no injury will result to the fowl as a result of the operation. The coil is sufficiently flexible to adjust itself to the curvature of the passage. As hereinbefore stated, the coil will move the undesirable matters into a compact mass, so that they can all be simultaneouslywithdrawn, and the operation is thus rendered very thorough in that all of the undesirable accumulations can be withdrawn.

The preferred form of the invention has been set forth in the foregoing description; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I there fore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the invention.

hat is claimed is A device of the character described comprising a stem, a flexible wire coil of uniform diameter secured around one end of the stem In testimony that I claim the foregoing as and extending therefrom, the longitudinal my own I have hereto affixed my signature in [O1 aXis of the coil being normally in alinement the presence of tWo Witnesses.

With the stem, a finger at the free end of the I coil and terminating substantially in aline- JOSEPH KLOCK ment With the longitudinal axis thereof, and Witnesses: a rounded tip upon the end of the finger and JNO. A. SOHLEGEL, beyond the coil. OSCAR SOHLEGEL. 

